Verboticism: Adjacentangle
DEFINITION: v. To fight with your neighbors, not because of your differences, and not because of what you have in common, but simply because you are stuck right next to each other. n. A border between neighbors and enemies.
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Neighbickerly
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: nay-bick-er-ly
Sentence: Even Mr. Rodgers would begin to feel neighbickerly if he lived next to the Johnsons. They have tacky lawn ornaments and loud parties. They have several cars that use all the parking spaces and let Fido run through the neighborhood to potty in everyone's pansies. But what really cheesed us off was when they yelled at the kids for going on their lawn to fetch their baseball.
Etymology: neighborly: acting as a friendly neighbor + bicker: petty squabble
Adjacentangle
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ad-JAIS-en-tangl
Sentence: Ever the aggressive and obnoxious lout Chester would grab any and every opportunity to employ various adjacentangle efforts to antagonize his neighbors, even going so far as to call them graphic names and to throw refuse onto their property.
Etymology: Blend of 'adjacent' (lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring) and 'tangle' (Informal. a conflict; disagreement)
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Satishisam
Created by: satishkumar
Pronunciation: sa thi sh i sam
Sentence: many people follow satishisam
Etymology:
Frayedsome
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: frayed fraid some
Sentence: To live in the Gaza strip, or along the internal borders of Iraq, or even the internal borders of Belfast, or in Kosovo, where religious and politcal factions stage violent conflicts, must be very difficult, especially, if you would prefer to live peacefully, side by side, despite those differences. It must be frayedsome ... even for those neighbors doing the fighting.
Etymology: FRAYED, AFRAID. Frayed - to become strained, causing irritability or anger, or cause somebody's nerves, temper, or patience to become strained. Afraid - 1. frightened: frightened or apprehensive about something. 2. reluctant: feeling hesitation or disinclination toward something. 3. regretful: feeling regret about something
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COMMENTS:
the definitions have been very heartfelt this week - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-05: 11:04:00
thank you, Jabberwocky. - silveryaspen, 2009-02-06: 11:15:00
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Juxtagonists
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: jux/tag/o/nists
Sentence: Sitting next to anyone on a cramped and crowded airliner causes even the most friendly and gentile people to immediately become juxtagonists because of their close proximity to one another.
Etymology: JUXTAGONISTS - from - JUXTAPOSITION (close together, or side by side) + ANATGONISTS (opposes and contends against another; an adversary)
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COMMENTS:
Choice blending to fit the definition very well! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:13:00
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Proxenemies
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: proksenuhmeez
Sentence: A deep snow, hours of shoveling and a limited number of parking spaces can make proxenemies out of previously-friendly neighbors.
Etymology: proximity (nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation) + enemies (an adversary or opponent)
Terriwarial
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: TER i WAR ee yul
Sentence: I can't stand my roommate. He is more than just territorial he is terriwarial. Every time I so much as even enter 'his side' of the living room, he's ready to battle.
Etymology: TERRITORIAL: guarding and defending an area deemed to be ones own WAR:
Bordertaunt
Created by: chaiandallthatjazz
Pronunciation: bord er ton tay
Sentence: "Settle down children. I've had enough of this bordertaunte. I'm turning the in-drive movie off. You can watch it when we get home if you behave yourself!"
Etymology: border (part that forms outer edge of something) + taunt (ridicule, mock) + debutante (young [woman] making a formal debut into society)
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COMMENTS:
great! - elcanyonazo, 2009-02-07: 15:51:00
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Proxlimiter
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: prox - lim - eter
Sentence: We dubbed the two families down the block the Spatfields and Annoys. They were friends for years until they moved next door to each other. Since then, all they do is fight and argue and have became a source of both amusement and annoyance to everyone around them. Last weekend, in an attempt to "get away from each other" they erected a proxlimiter between the houses. It is an eight foot concrete fence with no "see throughs" and no gates. It goes clear from the alley to the street.
Etymology: Proximity + Limiter >>> Proximity (closeness; the state of being near as in distance, time, or relationship) Limiter (that which limits or restricts access)
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COMMENTS:
super sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:06:00
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